Hi folks-
Sorry to not be with you today. So we'll take this slightly out of order. After Rome falls, the city of Constantinople becomes the remaining, fully-functional urban center in the Mediterranean region. In fact, people all over just called it "The City."
Below are three different descriptions of The City, from three different chroniclers of the time, all non-residents of the Constantinople. Your task in class today is to read all three. On your blog, I'd like you to write about the perspectives of the author of each piece (so don't write about them as an aggregated whole, but take each article individually). What does this author think about Constantinople? Is it a positive or negative or neutral article? You must support your assertions with specific evidence from the articles. Lastly, do you think you can trust each of the descriptions as accurate? Why or why not?
The articles are linked up here:
1. First article Ibn Battuta's description
2. Second article Benjamin of Tudela's description
3. Third article Liudprand of Cremona's description
For homework, start on Chapter 13 about, you guessed it, the Byzantine Empire. Read pages 317-325.
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